Doctors Could Have Never Predicted What Happened to This Surrogate's Baby

Thinking it Through

Jessica's husband, Wardell, was all for it. He was proud of Jessica for remaining strong through her previous pregnancies, and he could see that she was experienced and driven enough to pursue one more while she was still healthy. Jessica knew that this was the right thing to do, but nothing could have prepared her for what was to come...

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The More You Know

  • A German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.
  • In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • Mount Rushmore cost less than $1 million.
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